A.Word.A.Day--saute

[From French sauter (to jump) as the cook vigorously jerks the pan to keep
the ingredients from burning.]

There is something of a grammatical problem with bringing the word into
English, though, since it is only the past participle sauté rather than
the infinitive that has made the linguistic migration. To quote the Oxford
Companion to food: "Thus in English, when the imperative is required, as
often happens in recipes, only the past participle is available. The result
looks odd ('Sauté the mushrooms...'), but works."